Word: easternism
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...those foreigners are increasingly crowding the upper echelons, occupying 12 of the sport's top 42 rankings. Thirty-four of today's 58 foreign wrestlers are from Mongolia, which has a strong tradition in a kind of wrestling similar to sumo, but a growing number are from Eastern Europe. Nine wrestlers are from Bulgaria, Estonia, Georgia, Hungary, the Czech Republic,Kazakhstan and Russia. (A handful of Americans, like the first non-Japanese yokozuna, Akebonoknown as Chad Rowan to childhood friends in Hawaiirose to the highest ranks of sumo in the early 1990s...
...Facts: A summer internship puts the theory-minded Harvard student in the real world. Won’t the personal satisfaction involved in working for the Hague offset having to pass up on traveling in Italy? Also, if you’re doing it in Russia, Central Asia, or Eastern Europe, you can work through the more sexily named Andrei Sakharov Internship through the Davis Center for Russian and Eurasian Studies...
Cooper worked on campaigns across the country, from Milwaukee to eastern Tennessee, before arriving back in Florida for a chance to re-take the SATs...
...outgunned Dartmouth 239-61 in a tale of two halves. Harvard finished the 2004-2005 season undefeated in dual meets and claimed its 10th conference championship in 13 years. After the loss of several key seniors, such as James Lawler, the Crimson hopes to remain atop the Eastern Intercollegiate Swimming League (EISL). Judging from Saturday’s performance, the Crimson remains the team to beat in the EISL. “This meet was very important for us starting off the season, maybe even more important that we thought heading into the meet,” captain Bill Cocks...
...said the meetings also give religious groups the opportunity to discuss common obstacles, such as a lack of space. “A lot of groups have similar needs,” she said. In December, HIC will host a panel discussion on Abrahamic and Eastern religions. In February, the group will hold an event that explores the use of art in worship and spirituality...